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>5.10. User Preferences</A
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>&#13;    Once logged in, you can customize various aspects of
    Bugzilla via the "Preferences" link in the page footer.
    The preferences are split into five tabs:</P
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>5.10.1. General Preferences</A
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>&#13;        This tab allows you to change several default settings of Bugzilla.
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>&#13;            Bugzilla's general appearance (skin) - select which skin to use.
            Bugzilla supports adding custom skins.
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>&#13;            Quote the associated comment when you click on its reply link - sets
            the behavior of the comment "Reply" link. Options include quoting the
            full comment, just reference the comment number, or turn the link off.
          </P
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>&#13;            Language used in email - select which language email will be sent in,
            from the list of available languages.
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>&#13;            After changing a bug - This controls what page is displayed after
            changes to a bug are submitted. The options include to show the bug
            just modified, to show the next bug in your list, or to do nothing.
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>&#13;            Enable tags for bugs - turn bug tagging on or off.
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>&#13;            Zoom textareas large when in use (requires JavaScript) - enable or
            disable the automatic expanding of text areas when  text is being
            entered into them. 
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>&#13;            Field separator character for CSV files -
            Select between a comma and semi-colon for exported CSV bug lists.
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>&#13;            Automatically add me to the CC list of bugs I change - set default
            behavior of CC list. Options include "Always", "Never", and "Only
            if I have no role on them". 
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>&#13;            When viewing a bug, show comments in this order -
            controls the order of comments. Options include "Oldest
            to Newest", "Newest to Oldest" and "Newest to Oldest, but keep the
            bug description at the top".
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>&#13;            Show a quip at the top of each bug list - controls
            whether a quip will be shown on the Bug list page.
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>&#13;        This tab allows you to enable or disable email notification on
        specific events.
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>&#13;        In general, users have almost complete control over how much (or
        how little) email Bugzilla sends them. If you want to receive the
        maximum amount of email possible, click the <SPAN
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>"Enable All 
        Mail"</SPAN
> button. If you don't want to receive any email from
        Bugzilla at all, click the <SPAN
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>&#13;          A Bugzilla administrator can stop a user from receiving
          bugmail by clicking the <SPAN
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>"Bugmail Disabled"</SPAN
> checkbox
          when editing the user account. This is a drastic step
          best taken only for disabled accounts, as it overrides 
          the user's individual mail preferences.
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>&#13;        There are two global options -- <SPAN
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>"Email me when someone
        asks me to set a flag"</SPAN
> and <SPAN
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>"Email me when someone
        sets a flag I asked for"</SPAN
>. These define how you want to
        receive bugmail with regards to flags. Their use is quite
        straightforward; enable the checkboxes if you want Bugzilla to
        send you mail under either of the above conditions.
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>&#13;        If you'd like to set your bugmail to something besides
        'Completely ON' and 'Completely OFF', the
        <SPAN
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>"Field/recipient specific options"</SPAN
> table
        allows you to do just that. The rows of the table
        define events that can happen to a bug -- things like
        attachments being added, new comments being made, the
        priority changing, etc. The columns in the table define
        your relationship with the bug:
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>&#13;            Reporter - Where you are the person who initially
            reported the bug. Your name/account appears in the
            <SPAN
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>"Reporter:"</SPAN
> field.
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>&#13;            Assignee - Where you are the person who has been
            designated as the one responsible for the bug. Your
            name/account appears in the <SPAN
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>"Assigned To:"</SPAN
>
            field of the bug.
          </P
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>&#13;            QA Contact - You are one of the designated
            QA Contacts for the bug. Your account appears in the 
            <SPAN
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>"QA Contact:"</SPAN
> text-box of the bug.
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>&#13;            CC - You are on the list CC List for the bug.
            Your account appears in the <SPAN
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>"CC:"</SPAN
> text box
            of the bug.
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>&#13;            Voter - You have placed one or more votes for the bug.
            Your account appears only if someone clicks on the 
            <SPAN
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>"Show votes for this bug"</SPAN
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>&#13;          Some columns may not be visible for your installation, depending
          on your site's configuration.
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>&#13;        To fine-tune your bugmail, decide the events for which you want
        to receive bugmail; then decide if you want to receive it all
        the time (enable the checkbox for every column), or only when
        you have a certain relationship with a bug (enable the checkbox
        only for those columns). For example: if you didn't want to
        receive mail when someone added themselves to the CC list, you
        could uncheck all the boxes in the <SPAN
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>"CC Field Changes"</SPAN
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        line. As another example, if you never wanted to receive email
        on bugs you reported unless the bug was resolved, you would
        un-check all boxes in the <SPAN
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>"Reporter"</SPAN
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        except for the one on the <SPAN
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>&#13;          Bugzilla adds the <SPAN
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>"X-Bugzilla-Reason"</SPAN
> header to
          all bugmail it sends, describing the recipient's relationship
          (AssignedTo, Reporter, QAContact, CC, or Voter) to the bug.
          This header can be used to do further client-side filtering.
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>&#13;        Bugzilla has a feature called <SPAN
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>"Users Watching"</SPAN
>.
        When you enter one or more comma-delineated user accounts (usually email
        addresses) into the text entry box, you will receive a copy of all the
        bugmail those users are sent (security settings permitting).
        This powerful functionality enables seamless transitions as developers
        change projects or users go on holiday.
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>&#13;          The ability to watch other users may not be available in all
          Bugzilla installations. If you don't see this feature, and feel
          that you need it, speak to your administrator.
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>&#13;        Each user listed in the <SPAN
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>"Users watching you"</SPAN
> field
        has you listed in their <SPAN
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>"Users to watch"</SPAN
> list
        and can get bugmail according to your relationship to the bug and
        their <SPAN
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>"Field/recipient specific options"</SPAN
> setting.
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>5.10.3. Saved Searches</A
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>&#13;      On this tab you can view and run any Saved Searches that you have
      created, and also any Saved Searches that other members of the group
      defined in the "querysharegroup" parameter have shared. 
      Saved Searches can be added to the page footer from this screen. 
      If somebody is sharing a Search with a group she or he is allowed to
      <A
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>assign users to</A
>, the sharer may opt to have
      the Search show up in the footer of the group's direct members by default.
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><A
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>5.10.4. Name and Password</A
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>On this tab, you can change your basic account information,
      including your password, email address and real name. For security
      reasons, in order to change anything on this page you must type your
      <EM
>current</EM
> password into the <SPAN
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>"Password"</SPAN
>
      field at the top of the page.
      If you attempt to change your email address, a confirmation
      email is sent to both the old and new addresses, with a link to use to
      confirm the change. This helps to prevent account hijacking.</P
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>5.10.5. Permissions</A
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><P
>&#13;      This is a purely informative page which outlines your current
      permissions on this installation of Bugzilla.
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>&#13;      A complete list of permissions is below. Only users with 
      <EM
>editusers</EM
> privileges can change the permissions 
      of other users.
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>admin</DT
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> 
             Indicates user is an Administrator.
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>bz_canusewhineatothers</DT
><DD
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             Indicates user can configure whine reports for other users.
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>bz_canusewhines</DT
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             Indicates user can configure whine reports for self.
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>bz_sudoers</DT
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             Indicates user can perform actions as other users.
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             Indicates user can not be impersonated by other users.
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> 
             Indicates user can confirm a bug or mark it a duplicate.
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             Indicates user can create and destroy groups.
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><DT
>editbugs</DT
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> 
             Indicates user can edit all bug fields.
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>editclassifications</DT
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             Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit classifications.
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>editcomponents</DT
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             Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit components.
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             Indicates user can create, destroy, and edit keywords.
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             Indicates user can edit or disable users.
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>&#13;        For more information on how permissions work in Bugzilla (i.e. who can
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